the US Attorney scandal currently

By not issuing the subpoenas now, the Democratic Chairs are keeping their options open and can define the scope of the subpoenas once they’ve built a stronger record. That leaves the WH and Snow just twisting in the wind as the Committees fill in the 18-day gap.

I took the above quote from www.firedoglake.com , which I have started reading the past couple of weeks. There is amazing analysis of what is going on in this case and others and it’s interesting to see how blogs are becoming just as important as newspapers and I think that one day they will serve slightly different functions…